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Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.

Proterra Operating Co., Inc. designs and manufactures zero-emission battery electric transit solutions. It offers solutions to the public transit, commercial transit, airports, universities, and schools industries. The company was founded by Ryan Popple and Dale Hill in January 2004 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Sunverge Energy, Inc. integrates solar, storage, and smart management software solutions for electricity consumers and providers. The firm makes the sunverge solar integration system, distributed energy storage, and management appliance composed of storage batteries, power electronics, and system-management software running in the cloud. The company was founded by Dean Sanders and Kenneth Munson in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Mark IV Capital, Inc. is a real estate, private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. and venture capital firm founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

ChargePoint, Inc. engages in the development of cloud subscription platform and software-defined charging hardware. Its products include commercial chargers, residential chargers, Cloud Plans, and ChargePoint Enterprise Charging Optimization (ECO). The company was founded by Dave Baxter, Harjinder S. Bhade, Richard Lowenthal, Praveen K. Mandal, and Milton T. Tormey in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula provides low-income youth with opportunities for schooling. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. Peter Fortenbaugh has been the CEO of the company since 2002.

PCS Software, Inc. develops transportation management platform. It streamline fleet management, consolidated dispatch resources, and centralize accounting processes. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Brex, Inc. engages in the provision of business-to-business (B2B) financial solutions. It offers payment services by creating corporate cards, rewards, and travel programs. The company was founded by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi on February 8, 2017 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Visionary Ventures Management LLC (Visionary Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Ehsan Sadri. The firm is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.

Greentown Labs operates as a community of climatetech and cleantech pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC (CZI) is a private foundation headquartered in Redwood City, California. The firm was founded was co-founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of their local communities. CZI is composed of four funding entities: the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC (the main operational funding vehicle); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation (a 501(c)(3) private foundation); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy, (a 501(c)(4) organization). In addition to traditional grantmaking to support people and organizations working toward their missions in Science, Education, and within their communities, CZI makes venture investments in impact-focused companies, builds tools and products that they can scale and give away for free, and supports capacity building to achieve progress across their work.

Part of Houlihan Lokey, Inc., GCA Advisors LLC is a brokerage firm that provides brokerage services. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded in 2003 by Kevin Carter, Todd J. Carter. Kevin Carter has been the CEO since 2003.

Lightbay Management LLC (Lightbay capital ) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Nav Rahemtulla and Adam Lance Stein. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Regent LP (Regent) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Michael A. Reinstein. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

GSB Impact (Venture Capital) (GSB Impact) is a venture capital subsidiary of Stanford University founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Stanford, California.

Trail Post Ventures Management LLC (Trail Post Ventures) is an venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Will J. Schmitt and Nicolas Mindel. The firm is headquartered in Sausalito, California.

Westbound Equity, LLC (Westbound Equity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Sean Mendy, Ian Beadle, and Jason Norman. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Re-Vana Therapeutics Ltd. is a specialty ocular therapeutic and British drug delivery company that focuses on developing its internal pipeline and external strategic collaborations to advance its novel drug delivery platform. In 2022, Re-Vana won the Ophthalmic Innovation Summit Retina Award in drug delivery and the Belfast Nth Ireland Chamber 2022 Award for Business Innovation. Re-Vana Therapeutics was founded in 2016 as a spin-out from Queen's University, with the main office located in Belfast, UK, and an office, Re-Vana Therapeutics, Inc., based elsewhere. The company has raised more than $17.75m to support the development of sustained release biologics. In 2019, Re-Vana secured funding from Innovate totaling more than $400k to support the development of a sustained release drug. Additionally, in 2020, the company entered into a strategic feasibility collaboration with a leading pharmaceutical company for a novel therapeutic.

Crest Rock Management Co LP (Crest Rock Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Steve Johnson and Jeff Carnes. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

MassMutual Ventures LLC (MassMutual Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of MassMutual Ventures Holding LLC founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts with additional offices in Boston and New York.

PruVen Management Company LLC (PruVen Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. founded in 2020 by Ramneek Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.